Sharks are perhaps one of the most feared animals in the world, but they themselves also have their own fears and in fact, it seems that they do not want to interbreed with each other , which is why it has been revealed how they organize to hunt according to the species. the one they belong to and the truth is that the find is surprising and most curious.
How do sharks organize to hunt? You don’t want to believe the answer
In an article published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, a group of researchers from Murdoch University and the Mote Marine Laboratory described the behavior and monitoring of different species of sharks located in the Gulf of Mexico , which hunt at different times of the day to avoid each other.
Previous research had already shown how, very often, different species that share an ecosystem develop a way of allocating resources , in this new study the researchers found that some sharks also share food by going hunting at different times . A surprise since initially it was believed that all species of sharks tended to obtain their food mainly at dawn and dusk and also that they did not share it.
After discovering this phenomenon in the Gulf of Mexico, the researchers decided to study sharks more closely , capturing and registering 172 specimens of 6 different species with a special technology capable of detecting, through an accelerometer, when the shark was in pursuit. of a dam.
After more than 3,766 hours of recorded activity , the researchers were able to find patterns that indicated how sharks were going to hunt at different times. Specifically, they discovered that only the largest specimens (the Tigers) ate when they wanted, not having to “negotiate” the territory with the smallest, also tending to prefer the central part of the day.
Instead, all the other specimens were forced to redistribute the remaining hours of the day among themselves . The “bull” tended to use the early morning hours, the “grays” preferred the afternoon instead, and then left the “black fin” at night. The hammerhead sharks finally found their prey at night.
The sharing of resources based on time distribution is quite rare in nature , although it might be more common than we know, in sea creatures. Very few studies have been done on resource pooling in the ocean, and it is for this reason that researchers hope to further explore these social relationships.
